forum threadshivster1796 posted Today 05:01 AM
forum threadshivster1796 posted Today 05:01 AM
Refurbished Apple MacBook Air with Apple M1 Chip 13.3 8GB 128GB SSD Gold MGN63LL/A (late 2020 - $309.99
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But who would want this? This is a pretty basic machine, and that battery is getting long in the tooth.
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8gb of ram was baseline around 2010-2013 -- some machines then had 4gb, but most machines had either 8gb or a more serious 16gb. By 2015, most places doing anything serious with their machines had 16gb ram as the baseline, with 256gb-512gb ssds.
128gb of SSD storage....I can't think of a time when that was normal. Even in the early days of SSDs, such small SSDs were paired up with spinning drives many times that size. The only machines I think that had this sort of configuration (or less) were so-called "Net Books"....Windows predecessors to Chrome Books.
But we're not in 2010 or 2015...we're in 2025. Most budgetmobile phones have specs meeting or exceeding this. I have performance microSD cards in drones and 4k-6k action cameras with larger storage capacities. Not everything needs super-fast tier-1 storage...but without the option to add a second drive, it doesn't matter.
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But that's not even all of it....
This machine is an scAmazon/Woot refurbished (aka spit n' shine, usually with more spit than shine) machine....aka a beat up garage sale find. Of a FIVE YEAR OLD machine. And the 128gb SSD isn't their normal base either (it was 256gb). Oh no, 128gb was meant for penny-pinching EDUCATIONAL customers (nothing says "invest in the future" than buying as cheaply as possible for students).
At any rate, these were beat up by children for five years.
90 day Amazon warranty. Even most ebay sellers have a one year "All States" warranty.
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For comparison, brand M4 Airs (16/256) often go on sale for $750-$800. I've seen 16gb/1tb M1 Airs sell for used around $400.
This machine, for how utterly beat up it is, for the age, for the grossly limited specs, and for the exceptionally high price....it's not tempting at all. It's ewaste.
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